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There’s a new report out on women’s political representation today. According to yesterday’s Observer it is ‘shocking’, and shows women’s presence in a range of professions … Read the rest
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Tag: gender
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Islamic women wearing the veil are often assumed to be either down-trodden or illiberal. Such assumptions have become framed in a discourse of ‘othering’ which denies these women’s histories, experiences … Read the rest
Have you heard the one about the woman driver forced to pay higher insurance?
It’s not funny; but it is significant.
For while the recent EU ruling that forces car … Read the rest
To varying degrees all mainstream British political parties have signed up to the underlying principle that political institutions should (broadly) reflect the social characteristics of the people they represent. This … Read the rest